Diagnosaurus
Male infertility
DDx
- Female infertility
- Erectile dysfunction
- Hypogonadism (deficient testosterone from primary or secondary testicular failure)
- Spermicidal lubricants
- Cryptorchism
- Epididymitis
- Retrograde ejaculation, eg, diabetic neuropathy
- Varicocele
- Ejaculatory duct obstruction
- Vas deferens obstruction
- Absent seminal emission from sympathetic nerve injury, eg, pelvic or retroperitoneal surgery
- Hernia repair damaging vas deferens or testicular blood supply
- Drugs: sulfasalazine, nitrofurantoin affect sperm motility (see also drugs in Hypogonadism)
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Male Infertility." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114990/all/Male_infertility.
Zeiger RFR. Male infertility. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114990/all/Male_infertility. Accessed May 19, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Male infertility. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114990/all/Male_infertility
Zeiger RFR. Male Infertility [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 May 19]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114990/all/Male_infertility.
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